New Play Store cures Google Play Services battery drainTips

Up until last week I have, in common with a lot of users, been plagued by a huge battery drain, around 30+%, caused by the Google Play Services app.

However, since installing the latest version of the Google Play Store, 4.3.10, I am happy to report that my Google Play Services wakelocks, (NlpCollectorWakeLock & NlpWakeLock), have been greatly reduced, around 4 or 5%, and thus resulting in my battery drain returning to normal. This is a bonus for the Google Play Store 4.3.10 which also brings some new features, as described, here.

Location reporting is one of the biggest factors in causing the drain. I do not use Google+ or Facebook, etc; and in Google Maps I have always turned off Location Reporting and Location History in Settings.

Over the past few days I've had some major battery drain from Google Services. I'm guessing it started when my Play Store updated. I just turned off location reporting and history on Maps, so hopefully this helps. I've been extremely disappointed with my battery life the past few days.

You would need to download the new Google Play Store 4.3.10, (com.android.vending-4.3.10.apk), from a safe and reliable source, bearing in mind the Android Master Key exploit, and install it by going to the downloaded .apk with a File Manager and selecting it. This auto installs the new Play Store and replaces the old one.

I have 4.3.11 and am still seeing almost half of my battery drain caused by Google Play Services. That coupled with the fact that now, my WiFi is scanning almost constantly, even when connected, and I'm getting completely frustrated! This is ridiculous and the worst part is, it's been reported on the Google Android forums repeatedly and all Google's moderators tell everyone is do a hard reset which does nothing for the problem.

I have 4.3.11 and am still seeing almost half of my battery drain caused by Google Play Services. That coupled with the fact that now, my WiFi is scanning almost constantly, even when connected, and I'm getting completely frustrated! This is ridiculous and the worst part is, it's been reported on the Google Android forums repeatedly and all Google's moderators tell everyone is do a hard reset which does nothing for the problem.

You would need to download the new Google Play Store 4.3.10, (com.android.vending-4.3.10.apk), from a safe and reliable source, bearing in mind the Android Master Key exploit, and install it by going to the downloaded .apk with a File Manager and selecting it. This auto installs the new Play Store and replaces the old one.